John I. Ubah | |
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Office1: | Military Administrator of Kebbi State |
Term Start1: | 22 August 1996 |
Term End1: | August 1998 |
Predecessor1: | Salihu Tunde Bello |
Successor1: | Samaila Bature Chamah |
Birth Date: | 17 October |
Birth Place: | Agilia, Benue State, Nigeria |
Wife: | Alice Ubah |
No. Of Children: | 5 |
Colonel John I. Ubah was Administrator of Kebbi State in Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1] He was born in Okpobla, Ahilia, Benue State.[2]
As Kebbi State governor, in January 1998 he threatened to sack the management of the Kebbi state radio station since it could still not be heard beyond a 10-kilometre radius.[3]
In 2001 he was one of the former military governors who declared the formation of the United Nigeria Development Forum (UNDF), a political lobby group.[4] John Ubah is the author of four poetry works - Songs of Lokoja, Where the Eagle Perches, Birds of Kebbi Land and Daybreak - and has contributed to several poetry anthologies.[2]